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unusual facts about artist colony



Dulah Marie Evans

(A wealthy heiress from New York, Mabel Dodge Luhan transformed Taos, New Mexico, into an artist colony in the 1920s and 30s by inviting such noted artists as Georgia O'Keeffe and D. H. Lawrence to join her in the town's idyllic setting, which she considered to be the center for cultural and spiritual salvation.)

John Peter Russell

Russell was a man of means and having married a beautiful Italian, Mariana Antoinetta Matiocco, he settled at Belle Île off the coast of Brittany, where he established an artists' colony.

Takilma, Oregon

Takilma is considered an alternative community and an informal artist colony, which is home to several artists, such as Commedia dell'arte Masks and Kendall Art Glass.

Tree Studio Building and Annexes

The Tree Studio Building and Annexes was an artist colony established in Chicago, Illinois in 1894 by Judge Lambert Tree and his wife, Anne Tree.


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Edward Willis Redfield

Redfield was the first painter to move to the area, and is sometimes considered a co-founder of the artist colony at New Hope along with William Langson Lathrop.

Mihály Schéner

He created sculptures at the Wood Sculpture Artist Colony in Nagyatád.

Richard Bergh

After studying at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, Bergh traveled to France where he frequently visited the artist colony in Grez-sur-Loing.

Stanhope Forbes

The exhibition of A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach also brought notoriety to Forbes and the artist colony.